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Joel Benenson
American pollster and consultant
Joel Benenson (born July 24, 1952) is an American pollster and consultant known for his role as a strategist for Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.[1][2] He was the chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.[3]
Early life
[edit]Benenson was born in New York City to a Jewish family. He grew up in Laurelton, Queens[4] and Manhattan with his family. He attended Andrew Jackson High School in the late 1960s.[4] Benenson is a Queens College graduate.[5]
Career
[edit]He is the CEO of Benenson Strategy Group, a strategic consulting firm, and served as a communications and polling advisor to the White House for Barack Obama.[6] He has been a strategist for U.S. senators, governors and mayors, as well as Fortune 500 companies. He was a pollster for the DCCC in 2006, when the Democrats won back the majority in the House of Representatives.[7]
In 1995, he worked as a Political Journalist for the Daily News in New York[8] and served as Communications Director for Governor Mario Cuomo’s 1994 campaign.[9] He was previously a vice president at the New York ad agency FCB.[10]
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Joel Benenson Departs BSG
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An Interview with Joel Benenson, Chief Strategist and Pollster to Obama and Clinton Campaigns
Joel Benenson is the founder and CEO of the Benenson Strategy Group, where he has served as a consultant and strategist to various political leaders, Fortune 100 CEOs, and community leaders. Benenson was also the chief pollster and senior strategist in the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns, and most recently, in 2016, he was the chief strategist for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.
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The Politic: You’ve been a pollster for many candidates across the country. Which have been the campaigns that you were the most excited to work for?
Benenson: Well, I think the one that was a once in a lifetime opportunity was President Obama’s first election, and I was brought in very early by David Axelrod, who’s like my brother from another mother. And I had been nagging him all through the fall of 2006, and every time we spoke he would say, “Just sit tight, just sit tight,” and then finally, when we were ready to go, which was before the first of the year, he then called me and said, “Okay, we’re going.” I think that everything about that campaign from beginning to end—the culture, the historic nature of it—was secondary; it was just an unbelievable team